JPH1173584A - Remote monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote monitoring device that is enabled to automatically grasp the number of abnormal signals of equipment at a monitoring center. SOLUTION: This device detects an abnormality of equipment with a building equipment detection device 2 and connects a data transmission part 5 at a monitoring center 6 for transmitting this to a sum up device 15, and this sum up device 15 is composed of an accident warning sum up part 18 for summing up the number of received abnormal signals and an accident warning transmission part 19 for outputting as the sum up signal the number of the abnormal signals summed up at the accident warning sum up part 18. Then, this accident warning transmission part 19 and the monitoring center 6 are connected to each other and at the same time an area for storing the sum up signal is provided in a storage part of a CPU 9 installed in the monitoring center 6, and output devices 10 and 11 for outputting stored data and instruction devices 21 and 22 for them are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring device for remotely monitoring, via a communication line, an abnormality of equipment provided in a building such as a building.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional remote monitoring apparatus is constructed by connecting a building 1 and a monitoring center 6 at a location remote from the building 1 via a communication line such as a telephone line as shown in a block diagram of FIG. Have been. In building 1, there are plumbing equipment, air conditioning equipment,
A building equipment detection device 2 for detecting that an abnormality has occurred in equipment such as an elevator, an escalator, and a security device; a data receiving unit 3 for converting a detection signal of the building equipment detection device 2 into a digital signal; A storage device 4 for temporarily storing the detection signal input to the section 3 as abnormal data
And a data transmission unit 5 that outputs the abnormal data stored in the storage device 4 as an abnormal signal. The monitoring center 6 includes a data receiving unit 8 that receives an abnormal signal output from the data transmitting unit 5 of the building 1 via the communication line 7 and converts the signal into a digital signal.
C, which is a central processing unit including a storage unit that stores an abnormal signal input to the CPU as abnormal data, an input / output unit, and an arithmetic unit
PU 9, a display device 10 for displaying the abnormal data stored in the storage unit of the CPU 9, a printing device 11 for printing the abnormal data stored in the storage unit of the CPU 9, and a display device 10.
A first instruction device 12 for instructing the display of
And a second instructing device 13 for instructing the printing.

Now, if an abnormality occurs in the equipment in the building 1, the building equipment detecting device 2 outputs an abnormality detection signal,
An abnormal signal is transmitted from the data transmitting unit 5 to the monitoring center 6 via the data receiving unit 3 and the storage device 4. Communication line 7
The data receiving unit 8 of the monitoring center 6 that has received this via
Outputs the corresponding digital signal to the CPU 9,
The storage unit 9 stores the digital signal, which is abnormal data. Here, when the first instruction device 12 is operated, the abnormal data is displayed on the display device 10, and when the second instruction device 13 is operated, the abnormal data is displayed on the printing device 1.
1 is printed. The operator of the monitoring center 6 sees the output result of the display device 10 or the printing device 11 and knows that an abnormality has occurred in the equipment in the building 1 and performs a corresponding process for restoring the abnormality. I have to.

[0004]

However, in the conventional remote monitoring device, when an abnormality occurs in the equipment in the building 1 as described above, the abnormality data is stored in the storage unit of the CPU 9, but the printing device is not. What is printed at 11 is limited to the individual abnormal data. So, for example,
How many abnormal data are generated per unit time,
If you want to check the status of how many abnormal data are generated per day or how many abnormal data are generated per year, and perform data management, record paper on which these abnormal data are printed Must be checked and the work of tallying must be performed. This work is extremely complicated and time-consuming when there is a large number of abnormal data, and when performing various processing operations in consideration of the number of these abnormal data, the efficiency of the processing work can be improved. Could not be expected.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring device that enables a monitoring center to automatically grasp the status of occurrence of an abnormal signal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a building equipment detecting device for detecting an abnormality of equipment, and a data for outputting an abnormal signal when the building equipment detecting device detects an abnormality. A transmitting unit, and a monitoring center connected to the data transmitting unit. The monitoring center includes a central processing unit having a storage unit that stores an abnormal signal transmitted from the data transmitting unit as abnormal data. In the monitoring device, a tallying device connected to the data transmitting unit is provided, the tallying device is a reporting tallying unit that tallyes the number of the abnormal signals from the data transmitting unit, and the tallying is performed by the reporting tallying unit. The alarm transmission unit is configured to output the number of abnormal signals. The alarm transmission unit is connected to the monitoring center, and an area for storing the number of abnormal signals in the storage unit of the monitoring center is provided. And wherein the digit.

[0007] As described above, the remote monitoring device of the present invention comprises:
When an abnormality occurs in the building equipment, the data of the abnormality signal can be stored in real time in the storage unit of the central processing unit of the monitoring center, and the abnormality signal is also reported to the tallying device, for example, every hour or every day. Since the status is totaled and the data is stored in the storage unit of the monitoring center, the occurrence status such as the number of abnormal signals can be stored in the storage unit of the central processing unit of the monitoring center and output as necessary. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform an extremely complicated and time-consuming operation as in the related art, and it becomes possible for the monitoring center to automatically grasp the occurrence state of the abnormal signal.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a remote monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The building 1 and a monitoring center 6 located away from the building 1 are connected via a first communication line 7 such as a telephone line. In the building 1, a building equipment detection device 2 for detecting that an abnormality has occurred in equipment such as a water supply / drainage device, an air conditioner, an elevator, an escalator, and a security device, and a detection signal of the building equipment detection device 2 as a digital signal A data receiving unit 3 for converting the detection signal input into the data receiving unit 3, a storage device 4 for temporarily storing a detection signal input to the data receiving unit 3 as abnormal data,
A data transmission unit 5 for outputting the abnormal data stored in the storage device 4 as an abnormal signal is provided. The monitoring center 6 also has a communication line 7 from the data transmission unit 5 of the building 1.
A data receiving unit 8 that receives an abnormal signal output via the data receiving unit and converts the abnormal signal into a digital signal, a storage unit that stores the abnormal signal input to the data receiving unit 8 as abnormal data, an input / output unit, and a calculation unit CPU 9 as central processing unit
The display device 10 and the printing device 11 are output devices for displaying and printing the abnormal data stored in the storage unit of the CPU 9, and the contents stored in the storage unit of the CPU 9 are output to the display device 10 and the printing device 11. A first instruction device 21 and a second instruction device 22 for giving an instruction to perform the operation are provided. The first instruction device 21 is an abnormal data display instructing unit 21a that issues an instruction to display abnormal data.
And a time total data display instructing unit 21b for giving an instruction to display the number of abnormal signals per hour on the display device 10, and a date total data display instructing unit for giving an instruction to display the number of abnormal signals every day on the display device 10. 21c. The second instruction device 22 includes an abnormal data print instruction unit 22a that issues an instruction to print abnormal data, a time total data print instruction unit 22b that issues an instruction to print the number of abnormal signals per hour, and a daily A date tally data print instructing unit 22c for giving an instruction to print the number of abnormal signals is provided.

The data transmission unit 5 of the building 1 is connected via a second communication line 14 to a tallying device 15 for performing a tallying process for the status of occurrence of an abnormality in the equipment in the building 1. The counting device 15 and the monitoring center 6 are connected to a third communication line 16.
Connected by The tallying device 15 is used for the second communication line 1
An alarm receiving unit 17 that converts an abnormal signal received via the communication unit 4 into a digital signal, an alarm totaling unit 18 that totals the number of abnormal signals input to the alarm receiving unit 17, and an alarm totaling unit And an alarm transmission unit 19 for notifying the occurrence state of the abnormal signal totalized at 18 as a total signal. The alarm totalizing unit 18 counts the number of abnormal signals input during one hour, for example. It includes a time counting means for counting and a date counting means for counting the number of abnormal signals input during one day. The alarm transmitting unit 19 includes a time total value transmitting unit that outputs the number of abnormal signals totaled by the time totaling unit of the alarm totaling unit 18 as a total signal every hour, and a day totaling unit of the alarm totalizing unit 18. And a daily tally value transmitting means for outputting the number of abnormal signals tallyed as a tally signal every day.

The monitoring center 6 receives a tally signal transmitted from the alarm transmission unit 19 of the tallying device 15 via the third communication line 16, converts the tally signal into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal to the CPU 9. 20; an arithmetic unit of the CPU 9 which determines whether the tally signal of the data receiving unit 20 is the tally value of the alert transmission unit 5 or the tally value of the day; in the case of the tally value, for example, PM1: 00-2 1:00 with the time of 1
The number of abnormal signals totaled during the time is stored in the time totaling area, and in the case of a daily total value, for example, the date of March 3, 1997 and the number of abnormal signals totaled during the one day are stored. Is stored in the day counting area. When the arithmetic unit of the CPU 9 determines that the received signal is an abnormal signal input via the data receiving unit 8, the abnormal signal is stored in the abnormal data area of the storage unit in real time along with the date, time, and time. Perform processing. That is, three areas of the abnormal data area, the time totaling area, and the day totaling area are set in advance as the storage areas of the storage unit.

If an abnormality occurs in any of the equipment in the building 1, the abnormality is detected by the building equipment detecting device 2, and the data receiving section 3 converts the detection signal of the building equipment detecting device 2 into a digital signal. The data is converted, temporarily stored in the storage device 4, and then sent to the data transmission unit 5. The data transmitting unit 5 performs a process of converting the corresponding digital signal into an abnormal signal, transmits the digital signal to the monitoring center 6 via the first communication line 7, and transmits the data to the counting device 15 via the second communication line 14. Send. The data receiving unit 8 receiving this converts the abnormal signal into a digital signal and sends it to the CPU 9, and determines whether the signal is an abnormal signal input via the data receiving unit 8 by the arithmetic unit via the input / output unit of the CPU 9. Is determined. As a result, when it is determined that the signal is an abnormal signal, a process of storing the abnormal signal in the abnormal data area of the storage unit is performed.

An abnormal signal from the data transmission unit 5 of the building 1 is also transmitted to the alarm reception unit 17 of the counting device 15 via the second communication line 14. Upon receiving the notification, the alarm receiving unit 17 converts the abnormal signal into a digital signal, and then sends the digital signal to the alarm summarizing unit 18. Performs the process of counting the numbers. When the number of abnormal signals per hour is totaled by the time totaling means, the value is sent to the day totaling means in the alarm totalizing section 18 to perform processing for totalizing the number of abnormal signals per day. The number of abnormal signals counted by the time counting means and the day counting means are specified as the number of abnormal signals per hour and the number of abnormal signals per day, respectively, and sent to the alert transmission section 19.
The alert transmission unit 19 performs a process of converting each of them into a tally signal to be transmitted via the third communication line 16.

The time- and day-based tally signals transmitted from the alert transmitting unit 19 to the monitoring center 6 are collected by the data receiving unit 20.
Are converted into digital signals and sent to the CPU 9. The CPU 9 determines whether the total signal input to the arithmetic unit via the input / output unit is the number of abnormal signals for each time or the number of abnormal signals for each day. If it is determined that the number of abnormal signals is the number of abnormal signals for each time, the arithmetic unit stores the number of abnormal signals in the time totaling area of the storage unit. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of abnormal signals is the number of abnormal signals for each day, the arithmetic unit stores the number of abnormal signals in the day counting area of the storage unit. In this way, the abnormal data notifying the abnormality of the equipment of the building 1 is stored in real time in the abnormal data area of the storage unit of the CPU 9, the number of abnormal signals per hour is stored in the time totaling area, and the daily totaling area is stored. Stores the number of abnormal signals for each day.

Here, for example, when the abnormal data display instruction section 21a of the first instruction device 21 of the monitoring center 6 is operated, the instruction signal is input to the arithmetic section through the input / output section of the CPU 9. The arithmetic unit determines that this is an instruction signal for displaying abnormal data, reads out the abnormal data stored in the abnormal data area of the storage unit, and outputs it to the display device 10 via the input / output unit. Real-time abnormality data can be displayed on the display device 10. Also,
Time total data display instructing unit 21b of first instruction device 21
Is operated, the instruction signal is input to the calculation unit via the input / output unit of the CPU 9. The arithmetic unit determines that the instruction signal indicates the number of abnormal data for each time, reads out the number of abnormal data stored in the time totaling area of the storage unit, and displays the number of abnormal data on the display device 10 via the input / output unit. Is output to the display device 10. Further, when the day total data display instructing unit 21c of the first instruction device 21 is operated, the instruction signal is input to the arithmetic unit through the input / output unit of the CPU 9, and the arithmetic unit transmits the signal to the abnormal data for each day. Is determined to be an instruction signal to display the number of abnormal data, the number of abnormal data stored in the day counting area of the storage unit is read, and output to the display device 10 via the input / output unit. Can be displayed on the display device 10.

When the abnormal data print instructing unit 22a of the second instruction device 22 of the monitoring center 6 is operated, for example,
The instruction signal is input to the calculation unit via the input / output unit of the CPU 9. The arithmetic unit determines that this is an instruction signal for printing abnormal data, reads out the abnormal data stored in the abnormal data area of the storage unit, and outputs it to the printing device 11 via the input / output unit. Abnormal data is the printing device 1
1 will be printed. Similarly, when the time total data print instructing unit 22b is operated, the arithmetic unit determines that this is an instruction signal for printing the number of abnormal data for each time, and is stored in the time total area of the storage unit. The number of abnormal data that has occurred is read, and the number of abnormalities of the equipment that occurred during one hour is printed. Further, the date totaling data printing instruction unit 2
When 2c is operated, the arithmetic unit determines that this is an instruction signal for printing the number of abnormal data per day, reads out the number of abnormal data stored in the daily tabulation area of the storage unit, and reads one day. Print the number of equipment abnormalities that occurred during the period.

As described above, the storage unit of the CPU 9 of the monitoring center 6 stores the abnormal data in real time, stores the number of abnormal data every hour and every day, The output of the display device or the print device can be performed by the output device 10 or 11 by the operation of the operation 22. Therefore, the operator of the monitoring center 6 manually counts the number of abnormalities occurring in the equipment of the building 1 as in the related art. There is no need to perform complicated and time-consuming operations. Therefore, building 1
When performing various processing operations in consideration of the number of abnormal data per hour or the number of abnormal data per day, the corresponding processing operation can be performed efficiently.

In the above-described embodiment, the time tallying means and the day tallying means are provided in the alert tallying unit 18 so that the number of abnormal signals per hour and the number of abnormal signals per day are totaled. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a month totalizing unit that totals the number of abnormal signals every month or a year totaling unit that totals the number of abnormal signals every year may be provided. In this case, a month totaling area for storing the number of abnormal signals totalized by the month totaling means and a year totaling area for storing the number of abnormal signals totalized by the year totaling means are set in the storage unit of the CPU 9. In addition, the first instruction device 21 has a monthly total data display instruction unit for instructing the display device 10 to display the number of abnormal data per month, and the display device 10 displays the number of abnormal data per year. A year totaling data display instructing unit for giving an instruction to display; and a second instruction device 22 for giving a monthly totaling data printing instructing unit for giving an instruction to print the number of abnormal data per month on the printing device 11; A year total data printing instruction unit for giving an instruction to print the number of abnormal data every year is provided.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the day counting means of the report totalizing unit 18 is configured to simply total the number of abnormalities per hour. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to provide a determining means for determining the type of equipment provided in the building 1 and to count the number of equipment of the same type via this determining means. In such a configuration, the time counting area of the storage unit of the CPU 9 is configured by a plurality of areas that individually store the number of abnormal signals related to the same type of equipment. The time total data display instructing unit 21b of the first instruction device 21 includes a plurality of instruction units that individually display the number of abnormal data related to the same type of equipment, and the second instruction device 21 The date total data print instructing unit 22b is composed of a plurality of instruction units for individually printing the numbers of abnormal data related to the same type of equipment.

[0020]

As described above, the remote monitoring device according to the present invention stores an abnormal signal in real time in the storage unit of the CPU of the monitoring center when an abnormality occurs in the building equipment, and also provides the totalizing device with the signal. Since the number of abnormal signals is reported and the total signal is transmitted to the monitoring center and stored, it is cumbersome and time-consuming to manually total the number of abnormalities that have occurred in equipment as in the past. Since the work is not required and can be grasped from the number of each abnormal signal stored in the storage unit of the CPU of the monitoring center, the processing work can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a remote monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional remote monitoring device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Building equipment detection device 5 Data transmission unit 6 Monitoring center 7 First communication line 9 CPU 10 Display device 11 Printing device 14 Second communication line 15 Aggregation device 16 Third communication line 18 Alert aggregation unit 19 Alert transmission Part 21 first indicating device 22 second indicating device

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI H04Q 9/00 311 H04Q 9/00 311K 311W

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A building equipment detecting device for detecting an abnormality of equipment, a data transmitting unit for outputting an abnormal signal when the building equipment detecting device detects an abnormality, and a monitoring center connected to the data transmitting unit. Wherein the monitoring center includes a central processing unit having a storage unit that stores the abnormal signal transmitted from the data transmitting unit as abnormal data, and a totaling device connected to the data transmitting unit. The tallying device is configured by an alarm summarizing unit that sums up the number of abnormal signals from the data transmitting unit, and an alarm transmitting unit that outputs the number of abnormal signals summed up by the alarm summing unit, A remote monitoring apparatus, wherein the alarm transmitting unit is connected to the monitoring center, and an area for storing the number of the abnormal signals is provided in the storage unit of the monitoring center. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the totaling device includes a time totaling unit that totalizes the abnormal signals for each time,
A remote monitoring device comprising at least one of day counting means for counting an abnormal signal every day. 3. The monitoring center according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring center outputs the abnormal signal data stored in the storage unit, and outputs the abnormal signal data stored in the storage unit. A remote monitoring device provided with an instruction device for giving an instruction to output to the output device.